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Assorted Thoughts on Avengers Academy

Posted by Chris Fluit on August 9, 2011 at 3:15pm in General Comics Discussions

 

  • Avengers Academy is the best teen superhero team in half a dozen years, at least since Runaways (2003), New X-Men (2004) and Young Avengers (2005). 
  • In a recent letters column, one reader complained that Avengers Academy had unrealistic dialogue because the characters refer to each other by codename.  He also complained that the title had a fight in every issue.  The letter-writer had me baffled until I realized what was making him upset.  He was basically complaining that it wasn't written by Brian Michael Bendis. 
  • I hope they don't shake up the team too much coming out of Fear Itself.  I just caught up and I'd hate to see the team broken apart.  But as long as they keep the same creative team (Gage, Raney and Chen), they should be fine.
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  • Philip Portelli August 9, 2011 at 5:13pm

    Like the Young Avengers, Runaways, New Mutants, heck even the original X-Men, the Avengers Academy class has no one that really screams out "SOLO" star. Great team members but could you really see a Mettle or Hazmat ongoing?

  • Chris Fluit August 9, 2011 at 5:37pm
    Why is that the criteria for a good team book?
  • Philip Portelli August 9, 2011 at 6:35pm

    No but if your book is about training young people to be super-heroes, there should be the potential for solo success.

    But that's my only gripe about the series which is very good!

    That and the weird choices for instructors. Tigra? Quicksilver? Speedball? Those are mentors?

  • Cavaliere (moderator emeritus) August 9, 2011 at 7:45pm
    I'm glad that you're liking it, Chris and Philip.
  • Travis Herrick (Modular Mod) August 10, 2011 at 10:59am
    I really don't understand the complaint about the codenames, to me they are very similar to nicknames. I have my Slug, Mad Cow, and Flower Child. They have Finesse, Hazmat, and Reptil.
  • Figserello February 28, 2013 at 8:57pm

    Just found this.  Do they still call you those names, Travis?  At least being called Flower Child makes up for the other two...

    Travis Herrick (Modular Mod) said:

    I really don't understand the complaint about the codenames, to me they are very similar to nicknames. I have my Slug, Mad Cow, and Flower Child. They have Finesse, Hazmat, and Reptil.
  • Travis Herrick (Modular Mod) March 1, 2013 at 5:11pm

    Actually, those are nicknames of my friends, Fisg. All different people. Sorry Slug and Mad Cow. My nicknames include: Hat Trick, Travinator, Hairball, and T-Rock (there are others). Surely others have multiple nicknames?

    Figserello said:

    Just found this.  Do they still call you those names, Travis?  At least being called Flower Child makes up for the other two...

    Travis Herrick (Modular Mod) said:

    I really don't understand the complaint about the codenames, to me they are very similar to nicknames. I have my Slug, Mad Cow, and Flower Child. They have Finesse, Hazmat, and Reptil.
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